[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 12, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H8113]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        ETHICS IN PUBLIC SERVICE

  (Mr. SCHNEIDER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCHNEIDER. Mr. Speaker, President Trump campaigned to drain the 
swamp, but his administration has only accelerated the revolving door 
between the executive branch and industry lobbyists.
  Last week, I introduced a bill to restore the rules surrounding 
executive appointee lobbying to the higher standards of the previous 
administration.
  The Ethics in Public Service Act would make commonsense changes to 
make government more transparent and accountable. For example, it would 
close loopholes in the Trump administration's ethics pledge allowing 
former appointees to communicate with the agency where they worked and 
permitting former lobbyists to join an executive agency that they 
lobbied within the previous 2 years.
  Government officials should not be shamelessly trading on their 
service for personal gain or to help out the special interests that 
previously employed them.
  Our democracy will function more effectively, and the American people 
will be better served, by a stronger separation between public service 
and corporate lobbying. I urge my colleagues to join me in support of 
this legislation to clean up the system in Washington.

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